They're learning!!!! Yes!!!

I just gotta spread this around. Wondering if anyone else has seen the same.

For years, the deer being run over on the roads has made me sick. Seeing just too much of it. I've prayed they would start learning. Well... I just got the best Christmas gift I could get. They've started learning!

We have a highway through town. Two lanes each side. Divided by enough room you could fit a freeway in there.
I was driving on that highway. Saw a deer moving pretty good. Came up from the middle. I stopped for him. He stopped at the edge of the road. I wouldn't move. I wasn't far from him. He turned around and headed back in the middle. Four other deer were there waiting. He stood by them. Watching me. Others started watching me too. So I went. People behind me and the other side of the road were able to stop a good 100 to 150 yards back. Other side of the road. Another six deer crossed the road with heads down. Kinda sheepishly. I watched in my mirrors. The others then proceeded across my side. It was obvious communication. Obvious learning. They're figuring out to avoid cars! Thank God! Best present I could have gotten this year!

I just gotta spread this around. Wondering if anyone else has seen the same.

For years, the deer being run over on the roads has made me sick. Seeing just too much of it. I've prayed they would start learning. Well... I just got the best Christmas gift I could get. They've started learning!

We have a highway through town. Two lanes each side. Divided by enough room you could fit a freeway in there.
I was driving on that highway. Saw a deer moving pretty good. Came up from the middle. I stopped for him. He stopped at the edge of the road. I wouldn't move. I wasn't far from him. He turned around and headed back in the middle. Four other deer were there waiting. He stood by them. Watching me. Others started watching me too. So I went. People behind me and the other side of the road were able to stop a good 100 to 150 yards back. Other side of the road. Another six deer crossed the road with heads down. Kinda sheepishly. I watched in my mirrors. The others then proceeded across my side. It was obvious communication. Obvious learning. They're figuring out to avoid cars! Thank God! Best present I could have gotten this year!

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I was just thinking the same thing a few nights ago. Given how the numbers of automobiles and trucks miles has literally quadrupled just in the last 30 years or so, you'd think wildlife populations would have to be bordering on extinction, yet they seem to be doing well, and you really don't see any more dead wildlife today than you saw 20 years ago which is really amazing when you think about all the extra traffic in rural and suburban areas.

So, it seems some are still stupid and/or unlucky, but a portion must be developing new "senses" and instincts.

I just gotta spread this around. Wondering if anyone else has seen the same.

For years, the deer being run over on the roads has made me sick. Seeing just too much of it. I've prayed they would start learning. Well... I just got the best Christmas gift I could get. They've started learning!

We have a highway through town. Two lanes each side. Divided by enough room you could fit a freeway in there.
I was driving on that highway. Saw a deer moving pretty good. Came up from the middle. I stopped for him. He stopped at the edge of the road. I wouldn't move. I wasn't far from him. He turned around and headed back in the middle. Four other deer were there waiting. He stood by them. Watching me. Others started watching me too. So I went. People behind me and the other side of the road were able to stop a good 100 to 150 yards back. Other side of the road. Another six deer crossed the road with heads down. Kinda sheepishly. I watched in my mirrors. The others then proceeded across my side. It was obvious communication. Obvious learning. They're figuring out to avoid cars! Thank God! Best present I could have gotten this year!